title: Protein expression and subcellular localization of familial acute myelogenous leukemia-related factor.
abstract: The present study was designed to evaluate the expression and subcellular distribution of the familial acute myelogenous leukemia-related factor (FAMLF). A 14-amino acid epitope of the predicted open reading frame of the FAMLF gene was identified using bioinformatics. This polypeptide was synthesized, conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin and was subsequently used to produce antibodies. The antibody titer and specificity were characterized using ELISA and western blot assays, respectively. The antibody detected FAMLF protein expression in several human leukemia cell lines, bone marrow cells derived from one acute myeloid leukemia patient and one chronic myeloid leukemia patient, but not in bone marrow cells of healthy subjects. The FAMLF/GFP fusion protein was expressed in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm of transfected NIH3T3 cells. Our results demonstrate that the FAMLF gene is expressed in an AML patient but not in healthy controls, suggesting its association with AML.
authors.affiliation: Union Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuanmao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lulu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Meiling
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Shenglong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Youmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zi
authors.forename: Shaoyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C541796:Mir181A1HG, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011506:Proteins